​Appleton, Minn -- Seven locally produced video segments submitted by Pioneer Public Television have been nominated for regional Emmy Awards to be presented at the Emmy Gala hosted by the the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on October 7, 2017 in Bloomington. ​Pioneer producers and videographers Dana Conroy, Kristofor Gieske and Ben Dempcy collaborated on six of the seven nominated video segments which first aired on Pioneer’s Postcards regional arts, culture and history program.

All of the award-winning programs were made possible by the voters of Minnesota thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.Pioneer Public TV is an award-winning, viewer supported television station serving western Minnesota, the eastern Dakotas and northwestern Iowa. For more information, visitwww.pioneer.org or call 1-800-726-3178.